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Cohen's Divorce 

A Vaudeville Sketch in One Act 
For " Straight " and Jew Comedy 



By 
GEORGE M. ROSENER 



BOSTON 

WALTER H. BAKER & CO. 

1911 






Cohen's Divorce 



CHARACTERS 



Straight, a swell Hebrew dressed in the height of fashion, but jnade 

up with Jewish nose. 
Jew, dresses in an old frock coat, pants and funny hat. He wears 

a red necktie and has a thin beard. 




Copyright, 191 i, by i^^^m. H. Baker & Co. 



TNP96-006707 



gCI.D 25123 



Cohen's Divorce 



SCENE. — Street or interior, whichever is convenient. 

{At the opening of the act the two characters enter from op- 
posite sides of the stage a?id meet in the centre.") 

Straight. Well, if it isn't ray old friend Cohen. 

Jew. Ikie Goldstein, or I'm a liar. 

Straight. Sh-h-h-h-h, not so loud. I've changed my 
name. 

Jew. Iss dot so ? Vot iss your name now ? 

Straight. Patrick Reilly, 

Jew. You should have kept your first name. 

Straight. Why so ? 

Jew. It fits your face better. 

Straight. How is business? 

Jew. I'm jest makin' a livin', dot's all. Vot pisness are 
you in now ? 

Straight. Well, I've three professions and one trade. 

Jew. Iss dot so ? Vot are dey ? 

Straight. I am a doctor, a lawyer, an actor, and a 
plumber. 

Jew. My poy, I am glad dot you have choosen pisnesses in 
vich you can be honest. 

Straight. How many children have you got now? 

Jew. I ain't got any. 

Straight. Nothing running around the house, eh? 

Jew. Yes, cockroaches. 

Straight. Well, what do you know about that ? 

Jew. Say, didt you say you vos a lawyer ? 

Straight. You can bet your sweet life that I am. 

Jew. I don't bet my life on anyting vot a lawyer tells me, 
believe me I don't. 

Straight. Have you got a job for me ? 

{Takes out note-book and pencil.') 



4 COHEN S DIVORCE 

Jew. I vant you fer to get fer me a divorce. 

Straight. A divorce ? 

Jev^^. Yessir, If you can get fer me a second hand von, so 
much de better. 

Straight. Do you want to divorce your wife ? 

Jew. Who do you tink I vont to divorce, my grandmoder? 

Straight. What's the matter with your wife ? 

Jew. Her face. 

Straight. Wiiat's the matter witli her face? 

Jew. 1 just lost my taste fer it, dot's all. 

Straight. Anything else? 

Jew. Yes, und she iss a suffering cat. 

Straight. You mean a suffragette. 

Jew. Sure, und dot's no pisness fer a Jew. 

Straight. Did you ever catch your wife flirting ? 

Jew. Sure, dot's how I got her. 

Straight. Has she been false in any way ? 

Jew. She has been valse twise. 

Straight. False twice, eh ? 

Jew. Sure, two times. 

Straight. Careful now. This is very important. How is 
she false ? 

Jew. Her hair und her teeth. 

Straight. You can't get a divorce on that. 

Jew. No ? 

Straight. No. You must have somelhing stronger than 
that. 

Jew. Veil, she eats onions. 

Straight. No, no. You don't seem to understand. On 
what grounds do you expect to get this divorce? 

Jew. On de grounds of invisibility. 

Straight. My good man, invisibility is something tliat you 
cannot see. 

Jew. Dot's my vife. I can't see her, my poy, I can't see 
her. 

Straight. How long have you been married ? 

Jew. Twenty years. 

Straight. What are you talking about? I remember the 
night you was married, and that's not more than five years ago 
at the most. Why do you say twenty years? 

Jew. Veil, it seems dot long. 

Straight. The night you was married, Cohen, you acted 
like a fish out of water. 



COHEN S DIVORCE 5 

Jew. I know it, und I have felt like a sucker ever since. 

Straight. Is your wife a blonde or a brunette ? 

Jew. Neider von. She's a sort of a mixed goods. 

Straight. Is there any one whom you can name as co- 
respondent in this case ? 

Jew. Let me tink. Oh, yes ; my bruder. 

Straight. Ah, and why your brother ? 

Jew. He is studying to be a chauffeur in de correspondence 
school. 

Straight. Does your wife interfere with your pleasures, 
pastimes, or plans in any way ? 

Jew. I dond't understand. 

Straight. For instance, when you are out late at night 
does she send for you ? 

Jew. No, but ven I come home she goes for me. 

Straight. And she attacks you, eh ? 

Jew. Cracks me? Veil, I should say so. Here, look at 
my head ; it iss cracked in two places. {Bares his head.) 

Straight. Did she do that with premeditation ? 

Jew. No, she did dot mit a coal shovel. 

Straight. Ah, good, very good. We will make a case out 
of this yet. But we must have grounds ; grounds; my good 
man, grounds, grounds, grounds. 
■ Jew. Veil, she makes bum coffee. 

Straight. What of that ? 

Jew. Grounds, grounds, my goodt man. Grounds, grounds, 
grounds. Nothings but grounds. 

Straight. How many times have you been married ? 

Jew. Tree times. 

Straight. I should think that once would have been 
enough. 

Jew. I come from a fighting family. 

Straight. What has that got to do with it ? 

Jew. Ve nefer know ven ve haf got enough. 

Straight. Is there anything else that you can tell me about 
your wife that will be of importance in this case? Does she 
spend much money for clothes ? 

Jew. Dot's just de trouble. Pefore ve vos married she 
vould dress all up like a house on fire, und after ve vos married 
she vould vere de same dress fer two years. 

Straight. All women do that ; I wonder why ? 

Jew. Didt you efer hear of a fisherman gifing bait to a fish 
after he caught it ? 



6 COHEN S DIVORCE 

Straight. Does your wife drink ? 

Jew. Sure. 

Straight. Very often ? 

Jew. Sure. Vot do you tink she iss, a camel ? 

Straight. No, no. I mean does she indulge in spirits ? 

Jew. Say, dis iss my vife 1 vont to get a disvorce from, not 
a gohast. 

Straight. I mean does your wife drink whiskey, beer, etc. ? 

Jew. Not if I see it first she dond't. 

Straight. Now there is just three things on which you can 
get a divorce. First, cruelty, second, alienation of affection, 
and third, incompatibility of temperament. 

Jew. Dot's it, dot's it. 

Straight. What's it? 

Jew. De last von vot you saidt. 

Straight. Incompatibility of temperament ? 

Jew. Sure. 

Straight. How do you figure that out ? 

Jew. All de time she is battin' me in de temple in our ten- 
erment. 

Straight. That settles it; we have a clear case. Five 
hundred dollars, please. 

Jew. Am I divorced? 

Straight. Not yet. The five hundred is only a retainer. 

Jew. Vy do you charge so much ? 

Straight. That's not much. Why, it would cost you more 
than that, only I'm broke. 

Jew. If you expect to get five hundred from me you are 
cracked, not broke. 

Straight. Well, I'll take the case for two hundred and fifty, 
but that is my lowest figure. 

Jew. My poy, I can get a cheaper job don dot. 

Straight. Oh, no, you can't. 

Jew. Oh, yes, I can. I know a tough Irishman who vill 
kill her fer fifty cents. 

Straight. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll take the case for 
a hundred dollars. 

Jew. Very veil. 

Straight. Let me have the hundred, please. 

Jew. Vot, now? 

Straight. Certainly. We will have to rehearse the pro- 
ceedings right here, and I must have the hundred to make me 
feel the part. 



COHEN S DIVORCE 7 

Jew, Very veil. {Hands Straight a bill.) 

Straight. Now this is the court room. You stand here. 
{Places Jew r.) And over here is the judge. {Walks to l.) 
Now then, the case is on. 

Jew. De case iss on vot ? 

Straight. The case is about to commence. 

Jew. Oh. 

Straight. Now I come in. {Pretends to enter a court 
room; speaks to an imaginary judge.) Good-morning, your 
honor. 

Jew. Good-morning. 

Straight. I spoke to the judge. 

Jew. I don't tink he heard you. 

Straight. Why not? 

Jew. He didn't answer. 

Straight {roaring). Silence ! 

Jew {starting). Say, please remember I haf got feelings. 

Straight {to imaginary Judge). I am here in the case of 
Cohen vs. Cohen. I am here to represent the plaintiff, Mr. 
Cohen, who is standing yonder. The plaintiff, your honor 

Jew. Say, please dond't call me a stiff; I dond't like dot. 

Straight. Silence ! 

Jew {starting). Say, do dot vonce more und dis vill be a 
funeral, not a disvorce case. 

Straight. The plaintiff, your honor, charges incompati- 
bility of temperament. 

Jew. Yes, right here in de temple mit a frying-pan, judge. 

Straight. Silence ! 

Jew {starting). Say, please ; I ask you like your old grand- 
father, please don't do dot. 

Straight. With your permission, your honor, I will pro- 
ceed to examine the witness. 

Jew. Examine ? Do you tink I am a crook ? 

Straight. Mr. Cohen, you will answer my questions yes 
and no. 

Jew. No. 

Straight, What ? 

Jew. Yes. 

Straight. What ? 

Jew. Yes and no. 

Straight. You wish to divorce the defendant in this case ? 

Jew. No, I vont to divorce my vife. 

Straight. What ? 



8 COHEN'S DIVORCE 

Jew. Yes and no. 

Straight. When did you marry the defendant ? 

Jew. The defendant ? 

Straight {yelling). Yes, the defendant — the defendant. 

Jew. Dond't get excited ; 1 am still here. 

Straight. The defendant is your wife. 

Jew. Oh. 

Straight. When did you marry her ? 

Jew. In 

Straight. Answer my question by yes or no. When did 
you marry her ? 

Jew. On de 

Straight. When did you marry her? Answer my ques- 
tion — yes or no, 

Jew. I married her on de 

Straight. Yes or no. 

Jew. Yes. 

Straight. Oh, you did marry her, then ? 

Jew. No, I took her ven nobody vos looking. 

Straight. Please answer my questions — yes or no. 

Jew. Please stop dot yes und no pisness; for your own 
sake I ask you to please stop it. 

Straight, Now then, Mr, Cohen, do you really want to 
get a divorce from the defendant? 

Jew. After all ve haf been through you can ask me dot? 

Straight, Answer my questions — yes or no. Do you want 
a divorce ? 

Jew. Yes und no. 

Straight, Then you don't really know ? 

Jew. Certainly I know. 

Straight, Then why don't you answer me? 

Jew. Vot do you tink I am trying to do, sing? 

Straight, Do you want this divorce ? 

Jew, Sure, 

Straight, What ? 

Jew, I mean no. 

Straight, Ah, at last I have caught you. 

Jew, No und yes. 

Straight, That will do. 

Jew, Yes und no. 

Straight, Your honor 

Jew. Yes und no. 

Straight. Your honor, you can see that my client has. 



COHEN S DIVORCE 9 

Jew. Yes und no. 

Straight. Yes and no. Silence ! 

Jew. Dere, he commences mit dot silence pisness again. 

Straight. Your honor and gentlemen of the jury, you can 
see that my client, the prisoner at the bar, is a poor, hair- 
brained individual, who should be at this time in the hands of 
a keeper. I ask you, gentlemen, to do the great act of charity 
in allowing this man's wife to be free from him. It is both a 
shame and an outrage that this woman should be bound to 
such a creature. 

Jew. Say, who iss paying you ? 

Straight. Think of your own wives, gentlemen, and ask 
yourselves if I am not right. 

Jew. Yes und no. 

Straight. What's that you say, judge ? Excuse me, gen- 
tlemen of the jury. {Pretends to talk aside with the Judge.) 
Is that so? You don't tell me. Well, I declare ! 

Jew. Hey, slip de judge a dollar. Fix it vile you have de 
chance. (Straight talks ifi dumb show to the Judge.) He 
looks like he vos trying to make a date mit de judge. 

Straight. Mr. Cohen, I have good news for you. 

Jew (saluting like a soldier). Yes und no. 

Straight. You are a free man. 

Jew. Hurray ! 

Straight. The judge tells me that your wife returned from 
Reno yesterday and told him that she obtained a divorce out 
there. 

Jew. She didt ? 

Straight. So you see you are saved all that trouble and 
expense. 

Jew. You're a shmart lawyer and de judge is a fine feller. 

Straight. But 

Jew. Yes. 

Straight. You have, according to the decision handed 
down, to pay your wife fifty dollars each week as alimony. 

Jew. Call a doctor; I'm a sick man. 

(He falls backward in Straight's arms. Then Sti^aight 
puts him on his shoulder and carries him off to the tune 
of a dead march.) 

[This act will play about twelve minutes without songs. If 
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AS YOU LIKE IT 

By William Shakespeare 

Fourteen males, four females. Scenery varied ; costumes of the period. 
Plays a full evening. A new acting version of this great play, based upon 
the prompt-book of Jliss Julia Marlowe. Offers an admirably selected and 
arranged text, and ample business, following the best usage of the best actor& 
Recommended as the standard acting copy of this play for all uses. 

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THF IWAfilSTRATF Farce In Three Acts. Twelve males, four 
lUIi iUAU1.3iI\AlJ4 females. Costumes, modern; scenery, all 
Interior. Plays two hours and a half. 

TBE NOTORIODS MBS. EBBSMITP i^ZZZ"^.. 

Costumes, modern ; scenery, all interiors PI; ys a tuU evening. 

THF PROFI IfiATF J^l^y in Four Acts, >ieven males, five females. 
IUI4 inurMUAll^ Scenery, three interiors, rather elaborate; 
costumes, modern. Plays a full evening. 

mCrHAAT MICTDPCC Farce in Three Acts. Nine males, seven 
MIlOUlMlblKfcbi ,^^^,^^^ Costumes, modern; scenery, 
three interiors. Plays a full evening. 

TBE SECOND MRS. TANQDERAY ^r °r L^*,. "?► 

tumes, modern ; scenery, three interiors. Plays a full evening. 

SWFFT I AVFNnFR comedy In Three Acts. Seven males, four 
^n£Ci LtA^UWLA fe^jales. Scene, a single Interior; costumes, 
modern. Plays a full evening. 

THF TIMFS Comedy In Four Acts. Six males, seven females. 
lULi 1 } LiJ Scene, a single interior ; costumes, modern. Plays a 
full evening. 

THF WFAKFR SFY comedy in Three Acts. Eight males, eight 
lUC nCAlVI^Ii JCA fenjales. Costumes, modem ; scenery, two 
interiors. Plays a full evening. 

A WIFE WITBODT A SMILE ^l'^ .'^Z.^Z.^.Z: 

modem ; scene, a single interior. Plays & full evenings 



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AS YOIl I I¥F IT Comedy in Five Acts. Thirteen males, four 
A J lUU IfllVLf 11 females. Costumes, picturesque ; scenery, va- 
ried. Plays a full evening. 

TAMII I F Dra;iia in Five Acts. Nine males, five females. Cos- 
vAaliLiUh tumes, modern ; scenery, varied. Plays a full evening. 

INflOMAR ^^^y ^^ F*^^ Acts. Thirteen males, three females. 
'inUvIUAA Scenery varied ; costumes, Greek. Plays a full evening. 

IWARY STUART Tragedy in Five Acts. Thirteen males, four fe- 
iilAIVl iJltlAIll niales, and supernumeraries. Costumes, of the 
period ; scenery, varied and elaborate. Plays a full evening. 

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE ^^^^^^^ SS 

picturesque ; scenery varied. Plays a full evening. 

RirHFl IFIl I'l^'y'i'i Five Acts. Fifteen males, two females. Scen- 
I\lvlILiL(lLiU ery elaborate ; costumes of the period. Plays a full 
evening. 

THF RIVATS Comedy in Five Acts. Nine males, five females. 
1 Ul) ni T ALiJ Scenery varied ; costumes of the period. Plays a 
full evening. 

SHP STftflPS TO rONnilFR Comedy in Five Acts. Fifteen 
JllC DlVVtJ IW VUi^yL£ll males, four females. Scenery va- 
ried ; costumes of the period. Plays a full evening. 

TWELFTB NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL iX'^en^mlK 

three females. Costumes, picturesque ; scenery, varied. Plays a 
full evening. 



Sent prepaid on receipt of price by 

3^alter !^. 'Bafeer S, €ompan^ 

No. 5 Hamilton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 

• J. PARKHILL A CO., PRINTCRS, BOSTON, U.S.A. 



